Regarding Holiness Issues

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On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:22:04 -0400, you wrote:

>At 01:32 PM 8/8/96, you wrote:

>>I am afraid that if the LORD tarries to long we will end up looking like 
>>the Amish. 
>
>We used to look like the Amish, until the Church followed the world in dress
>and overall appearence. 

I dont remember seeing any Pentecostals who would not wear buttons and
refused to dress in pleasing colors. I certainly don't remember seeing
too many Pentecostals whose women thought that a "...the ornament of a
meek  and  quiet  spirit.." meant a black bonnet covering a God given
covering.  I have seen Memmonites whose only distonction in dress was
the particular type of ankle socks they wore, and you could distinuish
between congregations in a certain area by this.

I know ZERO people filled with the Holy Ghost who are afraid of the
world, though I know many who love God more than the world.

>If we continue at the current rate by the time my son is grown (He is now 15) the church will 
>look like the world does now.

But you have to look at the bright side, though it may be invisible to
some attitudes... What about all the 7000+ who havent bowed a knee to
Baal? 


>Since the world has changed many-fold in my lifetime I percieve that what is
>accepted as normal will be blase' in a few years. Just the other day I saw a
>young man in a car with a nose ring hanging below his mouth.  Shocking, to
>me, but what lies ahead?

Hey, we have people scores of nose, ear, lip, navel and ____ rings all
around. They church doesnt do that stuff... but I'll tell you what ...
if thier preachers spend a whole lot of time in the pulpit talking
about how many inches above the elbow to find Hell, they might very
well be inclined to ask, "why not a nose ring or two ?"

>Our standards are our protection, walls around our churchs and our families.
>When the church stops obeying the standards, the angels cease their
>occupation of protecting the saints.

That is true.. which is why standards must be living standards taught
and lived with the powerful support of scripture and not the lamenting
echos of regret of years gone by.

The church is NOT going down. This church is going UP!

-mwb